Things aren't going well for Sony, as the company is struggling in multiple market segments to compete. The company has seen its profits slump and recently posted its eighth consecutive quarterly loss. Sony was also forced to cut sales targets for its TVs, gaming devices, and digital cameras as demand continues to weaken.

Sony has resorted to selling some of the property it owns in order to improve cash flow. In January, Sony sold its New York headquarters for $1.1 billion.

However, the sale of that headquarters didn't stop Sony from posting a loss of $1.73 billion for the quarter that ended in December. Sony blamed some of the loss on slumping TV sales that have plagued some of its competitors including Sharp and Panasonic.

While Sony posted a loss for the quarter, the company still forecasts full-year net income of $213 million. Sony is also cutting 10,000 jobs, which should help push it towards probability.

“Sony is supposed to sell strong products that aren’t reliant on currency swings,” said Yuuki Sakurai, president of Fukoku Capital Management Inc. “We need to see those products before we’ll invest in Sony again.”

Sony also reduced its forecast for sales of portable game devices for its year ending March to 7 million units from the 10 million units it predicted just three months ago. In addition, Sony is reportedly looking at selling more land, buildings, businesses, and security holdings.

Agreed. But don't buy crap and then try and pass it off as quality. Sony is in a different league quality wise compared to Vizio.

Sony was great at marketing, but they also had a great product to back it up, same with Apple. Sony is at the forefront of the LCD tech now right alongside Sharp. Meanwhile in the Vizio camp, they're selling junk sets to the average Joe that just wants a big TV to brag to his friends.

Agreed - compared to listening to cds/dvds through my home stereo mp3s on ipod are crap. But on a plan at 30,000 feet through noise-cancelling headphones, mp3s on an ipod are better than the alternative

There is still quality to be had if you pay for it. Panasonic plasmas for instance, those blow away anything by Sony or anyone else on the market right now, and they're well worth the price.

The problem with a company like Sony is that you're paying a premium for hardware that doesn't justify the price. I don't mind paying more for something if its worth it. Unfortunately Sony's laptops make anything look reasonably priced, even high end laptops by Apple or Lenovo, except that the Apple and Lenovo are going to be much much better machines.

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